| Magic Satchel || A Spherical Cow is an unusual container of milk. A Magic Satchel is an unusual container which contains much more than appears to be possible || None known (alternative to Hammerspace). || || || '''No'''. || ||

| Magic Satchel || A Spherical Cow is an unusual container of milk. A Magic Satchel is an unusual container which contains much more than appears to be possible || None known (alternative to Hammerspace). || || || '''No'''. || ||

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|Ra (Helios/Apollo/Sol other sun god(ess) would also work) ||A Spherical Cow would be a round diety according to some religions, and so is <insert sun god(ess) here> || || || || '''Yes'''. We could play around with abstract patterns of light rays. || ||

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|Ra (Helios/Apollo/Sol other sun god(ess) would also work) || A Spherical Cow would be a round diety according to some religions, and so is <insert sun god(ess) here> || Most major sun gods' names conflict with those of software companies or projects. If you have suggestions that don't, please mention them. || {{warning}} --[[User:Gholms|Gholms]] ([[User talk:Gholms|talk]]) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC) || || '''Yes'''. We could play around with abstract patterns of light rays. || ||

|Galaxy Dragon || Spherical cow is a great legend, so does Galaxy Dragon! To celebrate this 2012 Dragon Year (by Chinese Zodiac Calendar), naming an OS with a Dragon word will make it more successful as much businessmen believed. || Currently, there's no licensees about Galaxy nor Dragon... But you guys won't mind about Samsung using that GALAXY name for its devices, right? || || || || ||

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|Galaxy Dragon || Spherical cow is a great legend, so does Galaxy Dragon! To celebrate this 2012 Dragon Year (by Chinese Zodiac Calendar), naming an OS with a Dragon word will make it more successful as much businessmen believed. || Currently, there's no licensees about Galaxy nor Dragon... But you guys won't mind about Samsung using that GALAXY name for its devices, right? || {{warning}} Conflicts with a [http://socialempires.wikia.com/wiki/Galaxy_Dragon character] in an online game. Moreover, does "galaxy dragon" have a fixed meaning? If not, it doesn't pass the "is-a" test. Please don't simply combine random words. --[[User:Gholms|Gholms]] ([[User talk:Gholms|talk]]) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC) || || || ||

|Smiling Dwarf || Spherical Cow is a fictitious concept that makes us feel good, and so is a Smiling Dwarf.|| There seem to be a geocaching point named "The Smiling Dwarf" [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=057bbb57-a7a1-48d4-8e34-ab502b193147&log=y&decrypt=]. Disney dwarves need not apply || || || '''No'''. || ||

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|Smiling Dwarf || Spherical Cow is a fictitious concept that makes us feel good, and so is a Smiling Dwarf.|| There seem to be a geocaching point named "The Smiling Dwarf" [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=057bbb57-a7a1-48d4-8e34-ab502b193147&log=y&decrypt=]. Disney dwarves need not apply || {{warning}} A spherical cow is an oddly-shaped bovine animal used as an approximation in physics, not a feel-good concept. This does not pass the "is-a" test. --[[User:Gholms|Gholms]] ([[User talk:Gholms|talk]]) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC) || || '''No'''. || ||

|One Hundred Troy Ounces of Silver || A spherical cow is an object of uniform density, and so is a bar of silver. || || || || '''Yes'''. A metallic abstract background might be nice, or maybe some kind of abstract silver molten metal composition. || ||

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|One Hundred Troy Ounces of Silver || A spherical cow is an object of uniform density, and so is a bar of silver. || || {{caution}} This would clearly pass the "is-a" test if it was something like "silver ingot," "silver bar," or possibly just "silver," but this term is less clear in that regard. --[[User:Gholms|Gholms]] ([[User talk:Gholms|talk]]) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC) || || '''Yes'''. A metallic abstract background might be nice, or maybe some kind of abstract silver molten metal composition. || ||

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| Rhesus Able || Spherical Cow is a Moon Jumper and so is Rhesus Able, the Space Monkey who was weightless for "9" minutes. || yes, NASA Tested and approved || || || '''No'''. || ||

| Chinchilla Raisin || Spherical Cow is an attraction for cubic hadsman and so is a raisin for chinchilla. || Only found a youtube spot: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPP_sGuqNhI] || || || '''No'''. || ||

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| Chinchilla Raisin || Spherical Cow is an attraction for cubic hadsman and so is a raisin for chinchilla. || Only found a youtube spot: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPP_sGuqNhI] || {{warning}} "Chinchilla raisin" does not have a fixed meaning, so it doesn't pass the "is-a" test. Please don't simply combine random words. --[[User:Gholms|Gholms]] ([[User talk:Gholms|talk]]) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC) || || '''No'''. || ||

| Me GNUsta || Spherical Cow is a [geeky/inside] joke and so is Me GNUsta. || The only match is a rage comic (generally lax or no copyrights): http://imgur.com/knjUd || || For those who don't get it, Me Gusta is an internet meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/me-gusta. I also like it because it's true to the form -- we all love GNU, even though it's all kinds of weird :) || '''No'''. || ||

| Me GNUsta || Spherical Cow is a [geeky/inside] joke and so is Me GNUsta. || The only match is a rage comic (generally lax or no copyrights): http://imgur.com/knjUd || || For those who don't get it, Me Gusta is an internet meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/me-gusta. I also like it because it's true to the form -- we all love GNU, even though it's all kinds of weird :) || '''No'''. || ||

Revision as of 00:21, 21 October 2012

NAME SUGGESTIONS ARE CLOSED. The phase for name suggestions is over. Please do not add further suggestions to the list. To everyone who added a name already, thank you for your contribution!

The link between Beefy Miracle and Spherical Cow was "A beefy miracle is something that has never been observed and so is a spherical cow." The link between Spherical Cow and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Spherical Cow. The following links will also likely be rejected:

Names of living people

Well-known trademarks

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

Name collection: October 9 through October 16 (23:59:59 UTC)

List to Fedora Board for review: October 17 - Oct. 24

Legal Review of Board approved names: October 25 through October 31

Setup of Voting Application: November 1 (whenever the legal finishes the audit)

Community vote on final name: November 2 through November 8 (23:59:59 UTC)

Name announced: November 9

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully. The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.

Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Spherical Cow is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Beefy Miracle to Spherical Cow, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."

Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.

Don't choose very general names or unclear links.

Don't choose names of living people, or well-known trademarks.

Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.

Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.

Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!

Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.

If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.

If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.

If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.

Do not mark the themeable column. This is reserved for the Fedora design team, who will be creating the theme.

Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name

"Is a..."

Tested

Initial Approval

Comments

Themeable

Board Approved

Legal Approved !

Soft Slope

A Spherical Cow is a hypothesis to make problem solving easier. So is a soft slope.

Spherical cow is a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of complex real life phenomena and so is an Evolutionary Creationist

Kleper

Tribute to physical Johannes Kleper, name given also given the Kepler's Supernova.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

The gas

A spherical cow is producing one thing when eat, so is called the gas.

Yes, no violation found

Does not pass the 'is-a' test: A spherical cow does not produce gas, it's a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Ushi-Oni

A Spherical Cow is a mythical bovine creature, as is an Ushi-Oni.

Yes, no violation found.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test: A spherical cow is not a mystical creature, but a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Kaleidoscope

A Spherical Cow is a cow that dances in the light of a disco ball which causes light reflection, as a kaleidoscope does.

A general used term

Does not pass the 'is-a' test: A spherical cow is not 'a cow that dances in the light of a disco ball', but a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Cubical Bull

Spherical Cow is a round plug looking for a square hole, and so is Cubical Bull, only in reverse.

Tested, no violations found.

Is "cubical bull" a fixed term? If not, it doesn't pass the 'is-a' test. We should not just just combine random words. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

No.

Rhino-masked Platypus

Both are funny looking animals - imagine platypus in rhino mask

Only Rhino and platypus separate - so none found

Is "Rhino-masked Platypus" a fixed term? If not, it doesn't pass the 'is-a' test. We should not just just combine random words.

Specter Stealth

After the fictional F-19 Specter Stealth Fighter that was never developed as far we know.

Have not seen a trademark of this name and use of this term is ubiquitous in scientific community.

Equilibrium

The Spherical Cow is a metaphor and so is Equilibrium.

Some might say there is a possible collision with a trademark belonging to a wine company but the term 'equilibrium' also is used frequently in mathematical and other aspects of the scientific community. It also sounds cool.

Cold Welding

A spherical cow is a thing that only works in a vacuum, and so is cold welding.

No collisions found, though it does sound a bit similar to "Cold Fusion," I suppose.

KALIGLASS

Spherical cow is a container made with glass in purple,the 19th publication. So is KALIGLASS.

KALIUM is in public domain and Glass in public domain.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test: A spherical cow is not a 'container made with glass in purple', but a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

GOD'S ARMOR

The spherical cow is a warrior and has great power and uses it to protect the Earth, but one of the most powerful demons got kill him because he had not the adequate protection in a battle to the death to defend the rest of the world, God sends His angels and gives them their armor, an powerful investiture for defense and attack. The God's Armor.

GOD'S ARMOR is the most powerful investiture against demonic attacks, No evil power can transfix it. Really this isn't a religious theme... This will be a new Anime theme, without the spherical cow of course... I'm not religious... I Love the stories, and this is a personal creation... the God's Armor will be part of the story "guard angel." My anime project :)

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Does not pass 'is-a' test and has various potential conflicts. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

KALIFUMUS

Spherical cow is a being popped being. For the last breath, What it should do at last ? Explodes into nothing. When in slaughter house,a person uses a knife to stab the cow,the knife touches the cow, the cow explodes with purple smoke, the person finds nothing but the house is full of purple smoke. So is called as KALIFUMUS.

FUMUS is a Latin word which means smoke, Kalium is also a Latin word,too. Currently no one uses the word as trademark so I take a try to.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

KALIFalKon

Spherical cow is not a simple clockwork which the penguins made,after rounding the clock,the cow dies of a mysterious reason. The Reaper meets it, and listened something interesting. Falcon in purple? Yes. So Reaper uses a dead Falcon for a transformation into a strange creature so is called as KALIFalKon-a phoenix like being.

Falcon and Kalium are in public domain, while the story is not.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

ENGA

Spherical cow is a rounded,4-legged heavy animal, facing its danger, Being popped. How to Change its fate? By anger,Push its enemy away to create new stuff. so is called ENGA (anger).

anger is in public domain, I use ENGA because of its pronunciation, And usually spells wrong.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

KALYE

Spherical cow is a friend of farmers. One day, when a farmer tries to milk it, the milk, Turns to purple instead of white so is called as Purple Milk. However this place requires naming,So I call this as KALYE.

Milk is one of the essential for fancy food, also for dealing with hunger when in the first six months, Since you are asking the next version is called 19, I have taken a look in different table to suit a case, KALYE is based with KALIUM, KALYE likes KATE so you are free to use.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

You can comment it since Simple the better

No.

KALICRUOR

Spherical cow is a rounded, typical cow in vision. One day, When a farmer tries to pop it for collagen in a place, the Blood bleeds purple instead of crimson so is called KALICRUOR.

CRUOR means blood, which is in crimson. Latin, in public domain, I think for the professionalism, It is better to take a look like Flora(plants) and Fauna (animals). KALIUM is the true name, the nineteenth element, Easy to remember for its strength in Type-1,balanced cost for different usages.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Steam Boiler

Spherical Cow seems to be filled with hig pressured gas. So does it the steam boiler

The steam machine is the key of the industrial revolution. It started in the 18th century, but it reached its higher development in the 19th century

This name links the present computer´s revolution with the industrial revolution

Yes. Steampunk artwork could work.

KALINANANON

A Spherical Cow is a rounded,big being with seven usages for us. After somewhen, The cow dies. The white light thinks it has a second chance, and asked What does the cow like, Because it has faced lots of bad cases that, it prefers a human-look like with a pair of 'wings'(seven hands). In the central one,there is a rifle. The rifle needs a name, so is called as KALINANANON.

Kalium is one of these easy names to remember on the Periodic Table, it is in public domain. KALI=19,NANA=7

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. Please don't dream up stories to make it pass. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

The idea likes SASA(R), When try to name one, Better find a way to pronounce as easy as possible, I'm trying this. Someone can say, next version may start with KASIE ,FingerieuntToadie (Pronunciation only) or other something else

Yes, but not recommended. A geometric pattern with heptagons is a possibility, but pattern wallpapers are pretty boring.

Parabolic Potassium

A Spherical Cow is shaped nutrition item, and so is Parabolic Potassium

Potassium is an element on the Periodic Table, and is not trademarked -- Free to use! It has an atomic number of 19 so it matches perfectly with Fedora 19

We could use this time to transition into using the Periodic Table of Elements for future Fedora releases (F20 could be Calcium and further). This has been discussed on the Advisory Board list in the past but no official decision made yet. Offering as a suggestion to make the transition

No; If you disagree please suggest a visual theme. How about abstractions of a periodic table with potassium highlighted, abstractions of a potassium atom, purple flame, variants on the letter K, abstractions on a bannana, a match, a potassium crystal for starters.

Spintronic Prism

A Spherical Cow is a 3-D object and so is any spintronics in prism form

A Spherical Cow is a gas filled mass which would achieve a very high kinetic energy by farting and a Solar Wind is a stream of charged particles with a very high kinetic energy created when the sun farts

No. This would only make for particularly unpleasant visual themes; I don't think Fedorans like dead kitties.

Maxwell's demon

is a theoretical thought experiment

Possible confusion with BSD daemon mascot

Yes. The idea could lead to abstract imagery representing the heat transfer between particles (see diagram), or it could inspire metaphoric representations of a door / pathway / possibility becoming opened. Could also lead to abstract imagery representing entrophy from chaos.

Yes, but not recommended. We could do a comet-themed design, but we've already done a lot of space-themed designs.

Feduped anaconda

Connection is obvious: Anaconda newUI was planned as a Fedora 17 feature, but it has been delayed and now is landing in Fedora 18. In Fedora 19 it should be stable enough and way better than old one. So, let's celebrate this great revolution! More conservative explanation: It's an animal like a cow.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

No.

Christmassy Halloween

spherical cow is a geek joke, and so is Christmassy Halloween

No.

Chrononaut

Spherical Cow could explain the time travel, and so too the chrononaut

Spherical Cow is a funny reference to physics and so "Robust Rutherford"; imagine a grumpy (robust) faced Rutherford.

Rutherford was a great person and scientist, and unfortunately he's dead, but his name is not a trademark. And the adjetive "robust" is a great wink for the audience and for us the users, about the quality of this release

Does not pass the 'is-a' test. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Like Rutherford is a scientist you (or we, the community) can use different names of different scientists of different science.

No.

Flagship

Spherical Cow is a metaphor, and so is Flagship

Yes. Metaphorically, flagship means the commanding ship and the ship in the lead, which speaks to Fedora's 'First' foundation. We could probably do some kind of abstract piece with an allegory to ordering, showing something in front of others.

Does not pass the 'is-a' test: A spherical cow is not a move in a video came, it's a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models; possible trademark problems. --Cwickert (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

This doesn't actually follow the rule, try again It's humorous, it's awesome, it's not too nerdy, it's widely used in pop culture, and could have the same excitement as the name Beefy Miracle did. http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Shoryuken

A still spherical, but slightly less rounded beast named for a substance normally associated with cow milk. Everything fears the honey badger. All other distros should fear Fedora.

No.

Vampiric Squid

Spherical Cow is over simplification. Spherical cow produces much methane which is a green house gas. Green house gases accumulate in the oceans displacing dissolved oxygen. Vampire squids live in the oxygen minimum zone. Vampiric squid can turn itself inside out and still breathe.

Spherical cow is a great legend, so does Galaxy Dragon! To celebrate this 2012 Dragon Year (by Chinese Zodiac Calendar), naming an OS with a Dragon word will make it more successful as much businessmen believed.

Currently, there's no licensees about Galaxy nor Dragon... But you guys won't mind about Samsung using that GALAXY name for its devices, right?

Conflicts with a character in an online game. Moreover, does "galaxy dragon" have a fixed meaning? If not, it doesn't pass the "is-a" test. Please don't simply combine random words. --Gholms (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Cubical Calf

Spherical Cow is an unusually shaped bovine, and so is it's child, Cubical Calf.

Does "leviathan rider" have a fixed meaning? If not, it doesn't pass the "is-a" test. --Gholms (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Smiling Dwarf

Spherical Cow is a fictitious concept that makes us feel good, and so is a Smiling Dwarf.

There seem to be a geocaching point named "The Smiling Dwarf" [1]. Disney dwarves need not apply

A spherical cow is an oddly-shaped bovine animal used as an approximation in physics, not a feel-good concept. This does not pass the "is-a" test. --Gholms (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

No.

Polka Herd

Spherical Cow is the basic element of a Polka Herd.

Does not pass the "is-a" test --Gholms (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

No.

One Hundred Troy Ounces of Silver

A spherical cow is an object of uniform density, and so is a bar of silver.

This would clearly pass the "is-a" test if it was something like "silver ingot," "silver bar," or possibly just "silver," but this term is less clear in that regard. --Gholms (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

For those who don't get it, Me Gusta is an internet meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/me-gusta. I also like it because it's true to the form -- we all love GNU, even though it's all kinds of weird :)

No.

Bonsai Kitten

Spherical Cow is a geeky inside joke about the shape of an animal, and so is Bonsai Kitten.

A Spherical Cow is a theoretical 3D geometrically shaped barn animal, so is a Conical Chicken. (And they're also both kind of comical to consider.)

Is "conical chicken" a fixed term? If not, it doesn't pass the 'is-a' test. We should not just just combine random words. Especially not when they result in alliterations with animals because this is the Ubuntu naming scheme.

Menhir

A Spherical Cow is the stuff that appears with the use of software magic that is usually made by a big community of people , so is a Menhir.